Want a little autumn in your August? You’re in luck.
The seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte has returned to Starbucks menus in the U.S. and Canada.
The Pumpkin Spice Latte is Starbucks’ most popular seasonal beverage, with hundreds of millions sold since the espresso drink’s 2003 launch. It’s also produced a host of imitations. Dunkin’ introduced pumpkin-flavored drinks in 2007; it beat Starbucks to market this year when its fall menu debuted last week. McDonald’s introduced a pumpkin spice latte in 2013.
Here’s a look at the Pumpkin Spice Latte by the numbers:
100: Number of Starbucks stores that sold the Pumpkin Spice Latte during a test run in Vancouver, B.C., and Washington, D.C., in 2003. The following year it launched nationally.
79: Number of markets where Starbucks sold the Pumpkin